Sales Executive - Manchester

Portakabin Ltd; Peak Forest; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension

Life insurance

Health and wellbeing services

Annual volunteering day

Cycle to Work

Employee Discounts

Learning & development

Career progression

Job summary

Portakabin Ltd. is seeking a Sales Executive to join our Trafford Park team in Manchester. You will drive sales activities, promote Portakabin products and services, and support order targets while maintaining margins.

The role requires administrative rigor, customer service focus and collaboration across departments. Ideal candidates have experience in a target-driven environment, skills in MS Office, and working knowledge of SAP or similar systems.

Qualifications

• Administrative experience in a customer service environment.
• Experience in a target driven environment.
• Experience of business development activities e.g. inbound or outbound calling activity.
• Minimum GCSE or Equivalent level of education including Maths and English.
• Competent in using Microsoft packages including MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Working knowledge of SAP (or similar systems).

Responsibilities

• Execute all commercial administrative activities accurately and efficiently.
• Collaborate with team members to provide business development, commercial and administrative support to achieve order targets and margins.
• Support onboarding and provide on-the-job training for new team members.
• Identify and resolve issues promptly, escalating where necessary to improve processes.
• Prioritise customer service to maximise customer satisfaction and ensure continuity of service for future orders.
• Collaborate to confirm stock availability and refurbishment details.
• Collaborate to expedite collection of outstanding customer payments.
• Maintain relationships and respond to queries through internal systems.
• Prepare and follow up quotations with customers on time.
• Respond to customer enquiries within agreed SLA timelines.
• Maintain up-to-date and accurate customer data and stock records.
• Meet customer cash collection targets.

Skills

Customer service

Target driven

Business development activities

MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Education

GCSE Maths and English

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Sales Executive - Manchester

Are you looking to join a successful and growing organisation who are committed to creating a great safe place to work where all employees have the opportunity to contribute, grow and develop? We are looking for a Sales Executive to join our team in Trafford Park who will drive sales and order winning activities by actively promoting Portakabin products and services.

Role Details

• Execute all commercial administrative activities accurately and efficiently.
• Collaborate with team members and colleagues across different teams to provide business development, commercial and administrative support aimed at achieving order targets at agreed margins.
• Support onboarding and provide on-the-job training for new team members as required.
• Identify and resolve issues promptly, escalating where necessary to improve processes and share learning.
• Prioritise customer service to maximise customer satisfaction and ensure continuity of service for future order winning opportunities.
• Collaborate with colleagues to understand and confirm stock availability, refurbishment and fit out details.
• Collaborate with customers and internal teams to expedite collection of outstanding customer payments.
• Maintain effective relationships across teams and respond to administrative queries through appropriate communication channels.
• Quotations are prepared and collated accurately and followed up with customers on time.
• Customer enquiries are responded to promptly within agreed SLA timelines.
• Customer information is maintained up-to-date and accurate in internal systems.
• Stock records are kept accurate and regularly updated.
• Customer cash collection targets met through timely customer payments.
• Structured business development campaigns are conducted to meet order targets.

Benefits & Opportunities

• Contributory pension including life insurance benefit
• A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
• A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
• Learning & development opportunities and resources
• Opportunity for career progression

Our Ideal Candidate

• Administrative experience in a customer service environment.
• Experience in a target driven environment.
• Experience of business development activities e.g. inbound or outbound calling activity
• Minimum GCSE or Equivalent level of education including Maths and English.
• Competent in using Microsoft packages including MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Working knowledge of SAP (or similar systems).

We are conducting interviews during, or before, the week commencing TBC.

NOTE: If we receive a high volume of applications for a role, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than scheduled.

Annual salary up to 30,000 dependent on skills and experience. Plus, up to 5,000 commission per annum